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COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGES COMMUNITY DESIGN GUIDELINES
3.6 Stormwater Management Facilities
Two Stormwater Management ponds are located on either side of the Channel and are integrated with the
existing Channel system south of Countryside Drive. These ponds will help with the infiltration and
regeneration of run-off from within the development, and provide a visual amenity space at a key
intersection. Opportunities for passive recreational activities should be considered if safety and
accessibility issues allow.
Stormwater Management Ponds Design Guidelines:
� Design and planting will conform to the Conservation Authority and City of Brampton guidelines
for site design as well as authority species mix, sizing, and spacing requirements.
� Slopes are to be graded at a maximum of 3:1, but should vary according to operational
requirements as determined by the City.
� Stormwater Management pond maintenance access road will include a pedestrian gravel trail per
City of Brampton Standards.
� Provide an amenity space with soft and hard landscaping, adjacent to the Minor Gateway (at the
intersection of Bramalea Road and Street 3, and at the terminus of Street ‘6’, near the stormwater
pond)
� In the amenity areas include seating/lookout areas located at a distance from the arterial road edge
and where views of the open space, and City Park are available.
� Benches, waste containers, plantings for shade and flowering bulbs should be components of the
lookout area and to terminate the trail.
� Signage within the east pond should highlight the City Park east of Bramalea Road; signs may be
posted along the maintenance road/trail head, at the pond lookout, and the Commercial zone.
� Locate commercial site service zones away from the pond.
� Arrange tree and shrub planting in significant groups to frame views of the pond from the amenity
areas.
� Planting within pond area should include concentrated bulb planting, natural species with flower
bulb, or/and structural interest, and good fall colour. A strong daffodil flower presence in the
visible areas, such as on the upper slopes and tablelands of the pond embankment, should be
planted in accordance with the City of Brampton Flower City Strategy.
� The pond edge should include fast growing wetland species of trees and shrubs that encourage
rapid naturalization. This may include black willow, silver and red maples, alder, gray dogwood, etc.
� Stormwater Management ponds shall be in accordance with the City’ Stormwater Management
ponds standards.
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